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36 active cases of COVID-19 in isolation as 3 more people recover – Dr Sahukhan

36 active cases of COVID-19 in isolation as 3 more people recover – Dr Sahukhan

By Naveel Krishant
10/05/2021
Head of Health Protection, Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan

Three more people have recovered from COVID-19.

The Head of Health Protection, Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan says there are 36 active cases in isolation of which 23 are locally transmitted cases, 7 are border quarantine cases while 6 cases are under investigation.

Dr.Sahukhan says the recently deceased case and a recovered case are still under investigation to ascertain the source of transmission.

She further says cases under investigation are still considered community transmission until proven otherwise.

Since last year, Fiji has recorded 140 cases of COVID-19 with 101 recoveries and 3 deaths.

Dr.Sahukhan also says 66,605 lab tests have been conducted since last year while the daily average has been 1,660 tests over the last 7 days.

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